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By: willy in pacifica

willy in pacifica — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:28:30 +0000

The ultimate goal is to wear my legs out and to bounce my last check on the day I die.

By: Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:27:50 +0000

OK Willy, you’re scaring us. Damn, you’ll never be able to sell those legs with that kind of mileage on them.

By: Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:18:38 +0000

Yes sir, we can find something comparatively short to amuse ourselves with before hand.

By: willy in pacifica

willy in pacifica — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:05:26 +0000

Actually, the Fleche is one of the more enjoyable/easy rides since you have to ride it in 24 hours and the team members have to stay together.

This weekend I have a 300k, next weekend is the SF 400k then the Fleche followed by the Santa Rosa or Davis 400k then in May I plan to ride the Davis 24 hour Time Trial.

After that I have a 600k and I plan to ride the Davis 1,200k up to Oregon and back in July.

This is all to get ready for the Furnace Creek 508 in October.

willy in pacifica

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:09:25 +0000

I might be lured out for a Woodside rendezvous on that day, Willy. That’s one hell of a ride! Michael – want to make it a date?

By: BR

BR — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:06:34 +0000

Hi Willy – Would love to pedal along for a few miles but Easter is out for me. What do you order at Denny’s? What is your fuel of choice? On or after big rides I am partial to Taco Bell and beer. Have a great ride.

By: Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:39:28 +0000

Willy,

Would be great to connect and send you on the way for the rest of a very long day in the saddle. Didn’t know about the Fleche, so I did a little reading. I’ll see if Brendan wants to come along for a rendevous.

::M

By: willy in pacifica

willy in pacifica — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:11:38 +0000

Hey Velo,

A few of us will be riding thru your neighborhood on Easter Saturday on our epic Fleche. A Fleche is a 24 hour ride that has to be at least 225 miles. Other rules are that you cannot stop for more than 2 hours at a time and the final 15 miles cannot be started until hour 22. The team has to have at least 3 bikes and not more than 5 and must finish with at least 3 bikes. These rules require that you keep moving along.

Our route is from SF to Woodside
Woodside up OLH and south to Summit Road & Hwy 17
Summit Road south and down to Freedom south of Santa Cruz then to Salinas
From Salinas back to Santa Cruz for a 2 hour break at Denny’s
North on Hwy 1 thru HMB to the Pacifica Denny’s
Then back to SF

We should be in your area at Roberts in Woodside about 10:30 Easter Saturday. Come out to say hello. There will be a few very beautiful bikes in our group all rigged up for all night riding.

willy in pacifica

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Legs, Feeling No Pressure » What recession? — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:32:20 +0000

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By: BR

BR — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:27:59 +0000

I was disappointed that VS didn’t produce any race coverage – I thought they did last year? I wish Lance the very best in whatever he does but I don’t put him in the same category as Hinault or LeMond. Hinault has 200+ victories across the entire calendar and is probably the last all season winning rider. Let’s also not forget that LeMond was shot at close range while hunting just three months before the 1987 TdF and his comeback 1989 win against Fignon was truly historic, in my opinion. As the lonely American on a French squad he broke the French grip on the event that dominated in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Lance is no amateur in front of a camera/microphone so his comments were genuine and just made him look bad. Three cheers for Cavendish & Big George on textbook execution yesterday.